Colored Salt Snow Art

Ever since co-writing The Undeniable Power of Play I have realized just how often play-based learning is in our crafts for kids! We love using our homemade colored salts in sensory bins, but today we decided to do something new!

The first snow day we got in Kentucky, this year, was perfect light and fluffy snow. I had been looking forward to trying some of the ideas I read here to play and learn with snow.

The only problem was my oldest was sick. The last thing I wanted was to have him running around in the snow. This was a big bummer for him so I had to find a way to bring the snow inside… I started mixing up some homemade colored salts and we started to get creative.

Check out the quick tutorial for making colored salts!

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What you need for Snow Painting:

• Homemade Colored Salt. As many colors as you want! I used table salt and a little bit of kosher salt for these.
• Any Pan with a Lip.
• White Cardstock. Cut small enough to fit in your pan.
• Snow.
• Spoon.

How to paint with snow:

Check out these quick step by step instructions for creating colored salt snow art.  Then watch it all in action in the video below.

Place a sheet of cardstock in a pan, add snow, then let your little ones sprinkle on their colored salts.

Watch as the snow begins to melt. We checked back ever so often to see the progress. Once all the snow has melted you need to set them aside to dry. This will take a while…

Overnight might be best. I placed mine in a sunny window!

Related Project: Amaze your kids with another snow STEAM project!

When they are entirely dry you can shake off, dust off, or brush off the remaining salt. This part was pretty fun too, but a bit messy so make sure to do it over a table or sink.

Once the salt is gone, you’ll reveal the beautiful picture a really exciting process!

No two colored salt snow art pictures will be alike!

They are just beautiful and while creating them you can talk about so many things from why the salt melts the snow to the colors that blend together to make new colors.

All 3 of us (ages 3,8, and 32) really enjoyed the process. I am sure you will too! You have to love a winter snow day activity that you can do inside!

Pin this colored salt snow art to your favorite Pinterest board.

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Colored Frozen Bubble

Yeah, we finally got a snow day!! So after the chili was started and the homemade hot cocoa was simmering on the stove, it was time to go out and play in the snow.  

However, this wasn’t heavy snow. So there were no snowballs, forts, or snowmen to be made.

It was light and fluffy so we needed something else to do. We need a fun snow day activity!  So we decided to make a colored frozen bubble.

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No time to make do winter activity now? Pin it for later!

If you don’t have any snow right now, pin it to your kids’ activity ideas board on Pinterest and it’ll be here for when you’re ready.

Tips for your frozen bubble activity

• Remove a bit of the bubble mixture from the bottle. This helps to keep the little fingers from getting too wet.
• Make sure the weather is cold enough. When we took these pictures it was about 20 degrees.
• Try to choose a day that isn’t too windy. You don’t want your bubbles blowing away before landing on the snow.
• Experiment with the amount of food coloring you use. Let your kids add more to see how the colors change.

Prepping your snow day activity

Print

Create snow day memories with this frozen bubble activity.

Prep Time 2 minutes

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 22 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

• Bubbles
• Food Coloring

Instructions

1. Remove the wands from the bubble bottles
2. Add a good amount of food coloring to the bubble mixture.
3. Now Start blowing bubbles.
4. When they touch the snow they leave so much color.
5. Now, wait and watch.

Notes

The frozen bubble will still blow away, getting pictures was tricky. This was such a fun snow day activity. I can’t wait to do it again!! The leftover snow is pretty too.

 Painting in the Snow

This inspired us to paint in the snow. Just use the leftover bubbles and add it to a squirt bottle.

More winter activities you will love!

• Paint with snow – This fun winter art project creates unique results.
• Press painted snowflakes – Each snowflake is as unique as the real thing.
• 6-sided paper snowflakes – A classic craft that’s perfect for all ages!

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